River Of Life Professional Counseling
Destressing The Therapist 20202022
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Welcome to the test for the home study program entitled "Self Care For Today’s Counselor." By taking this test you are stating that you are the person whose name and address are listed in the demographics section of this test. Note: This test will only be valid for CEUs if you have already listened to and or watched the audios and videos that go with this seminar, have preregistered for the seminar with River of Life Professional Counseling, and have paid in full the home study seminar fee already. If the aforementioned are all true and understood and agreed to please continue with the test. Your results from this true/false test will immediately be sent to River of Life Professional Counseling LLC. You can expect your CEU certificate in typically about 2 weeks from receipt of the test.
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Questions (1-5)
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1) Stress is a byproduct of what we do in terms of empathizing with our clients.
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2) If you are really cut out for the counseling field you will never struggle with stress or burnout.
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3) Witnessing clients’ narratives can possibly subject us to vicarious traumatization if we haven’t dealt with out own stuff.
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4) Hearing stories of resiliency in our clients and seeing them develop new prosocial skills can actually encourage us to also become more resilient.
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5) A key to therapist wellness is proactively seeking our behaviors that promote healthy self care.
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Questions (6-10)
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6) Caring and connecting with colleagues and maintaining friendships helps foster social supports which can counteract stress.
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7) Colleageal supports not only help us ethically establish a standard of care but also can reassure us that we are not alone in some of the stresses we face in the work we do
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8) Wellness is an outcome that we should achieve after a decade in the field.
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9) Wellness is both an ongoing process and an outcome.
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10) Self care activities that create mindfulness facilitate wellness.
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Questions (11-15)
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11) One helpful exercise in restoring perspective if the stressed out therapist is reminding ourselves why we chose this work in the first place.
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12) We all begin our work as licensed counselors with realistic ideas of the benefits and stresses internet in our work.
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13) Discrepancies between expectations and outcomes contribute to burnout.
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14) Having a high number of people on your caseload guarantees burnout
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15) Therapist stress can be lessened by allowing some flexibility in scheduling, types of clients seen, and how tasks are completed
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Questions (16-20)
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16) The healthiest belief system is one which reminds us that we are the experts who are responsible for all the successes and failures of every client.
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17) General very broad treatment goals are best because they cover all possible ground with clients thereby eliminating therapist stress.
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18) Specific, measurable, observable and realistic treatment goals can lessen stress.
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19) If we are met with any client resistance it signals a need to get out of the field.
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20) We shouldn’t stress ourselves about witnessing client defense mechanisms because they are just demonstrating what they usually do in day to day life.
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Questions (21-25)
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21) Helping and fixing clients are healthy goals for a therapist.
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22) Therapy is a cooperative venture and as such the client should also take some responsibility for achieving goals.
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23) Developing a sense of meaning and purpose in general in life can help a stressed out therapist.
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24) Watching a lot of mental health shows on TV is a great example of a leisure activity outside the therapist role.-
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25) Having accountability with colleagues can help us address blind spots.
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Questions (26-30)
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26) Resiliency and stamina are two concepts which counteract stress.
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27) Effective clinical supervision should check in with the therapist regarding is or her personal and professional goals so as to reduce burnout.
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28) Taking on a client’s journey- their thoughts, feelings, problems, pain- as our own is ideal
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29) Dealing with traumatic cases can have positive effects as evidenced by the literature.
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30) Being okay with our strengths as well as acknowledging limitations is a healthy therapist outlook
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